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there is intense debate at the united nations general assembly in new york over the palestinians's controversial request for full recognition as a state. the u.s. is promised to veto in a security council that must approve the request. religious groups are on both sides of the issue. evangelical christians rallied in support of israel while jewish groups released a petition opposing a palestinian bid for stood hood right now. some christian and muslim groups said the time has come for palestinians to have their own state. religious leaders urged renewed moment um for peace negotiations. in his address to the assembly, president obama said there should be no shortcuts to the hard work of negotiating peace. >> peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations. if it were that easy, it would have been accomplished by now. >> mahmoud ahmadinejad had a fiery anti-american speech that railed against zionism and accused of u.s. and european nations for being slave masters for greed, arrogance and violence. diplomats from the u.s. and several others walked out during the speec
there is intense debate at the united nations general assembly in new york over the palestinians's controversial request for full recognition as a state. the u.s. is promised to veto in a security council that must approve the request. religious groups are on both sides of the issue. evangelical christians rallied in support of israel while jewish groups released a petition opposing a palestinian bid for stood hood right now. some christian and muslim groups said the time has come for...
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was sixty six then you all united nations general assembly is now underway and in just a few hours russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is scheduled to meet with secretary of state hillary clinton now the two have already spoken over the phone and are expected to touch upon the arab spring and the situation in libya but at the center of their discussion and perhaps the entire u.n.g.a. will be the palestinian bid to gain statehood recognition from the united nations it's a plan the u.s. and israel have pledged to veto but one palestinian president mahmoud abbas says he will try for anyway many other leaders are supporting that bed and say there is too is with israel and in particular the expansion of settlements in the west bank settlements r.t. correspondent visited recently here's her report he was wanted to meet us here in one of israel's bustling cities he wants to talk but not in his own system and where he's seen as a troublemaker they are afraid to talk because of the fraud and the way from the from me or from words of beneath will be shut up he says he's tried of being used as a p
was sixty six then you all united nations general assembly is now underway and in just a few hours russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is scheduled to meet with secretary of state hillary clinton now the two have already spoken over the phone and are expected to touch upon the arab spring and the situation in libya but at the center of their discussion and perhaps the entire u.n.g.a. will be the palestinian bid to gain statehood recognition from the united nations it's a plan the u.s. and...
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well the sixty sixth annual united nations general assembly is now underway and at this moment there is a scheduled meeting taking place between russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and secretary of state hillary clinton but you have already spoken over the phone and there expresses touch upon a few issues the arab spring the situation in libya but certainly at the center of their discussion and perhaps of the entire u.n. g.a. will be the palestinian bid to gain statehood recognition from the united nations this is a plan that the u.s. and israel have pledged to veto but one the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says he will try for anyway many other leaders are supporting that bed and they their issue is with israel and in particular the expansion of settlements in the west bank settlements argue correspondent paula sawyer went to here's her report. he was wanted to meet us here in one of israel's bustling cities he wants to talk but not in his own city home and where he's seen as a troublemaker they are afraid. because the before i'm away from the drug life for all me for my vi
well the sixty sixth annual united nations general assembly is now underway and at this moment there is a scheduled meeting taking place between russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and secretary of state hillary clinton but you have already spoken over the phone and there expresses touch upon a few issues the arab spring the situation in libya but certainly at the center of their discussion and perhaps of the entire u.n. g.a. will be the palestinian bid to gain statehood recognition from the...
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president obama the address the united nations at the 66th annual general assembly. will he stand by long-time ally israel and oppose the push for a palestinian state, or is it too late to stop it? >> huge minefield for the president. >> big story. >>> then heads up. a six ton satellite will come crashing down from the heavens any day now. the only problem -- scientists don't know exactly where it will land. how you can track it from home. >> hopefully not in your backyard. >> hopefully not. earthquakes, hurricanes, and now satellites falling to earth. >> hopefully they have a general idea. >> let's hope, let's hope. >> reporter: and happy ending, how a romantic destination wedding for one couple turned into a nightmare vacation and then into the marriage ceremony of their dreams. >> how very cool. love that story, too. >> reporter: a change in tactics as president obama is now set to meet with the palestinian president in just a few hours. >> he's hoping to persuade mahmoud abbas not to press for statehood but to return to the peace table. as we report, the latest n
president obama the address the united nations at the 66th annual general assembly. will he stand by long-time ally israel and oppose the push for a palestinian state, or is it too late to stop it? >> huge minefield for the president. >> big story. >>> then heads up. a six ton satellite will come crashing down from the heavens any day now. the only problem -- scientists don't know exactly where it will land. how you can track it from home. >> hopefully not in your...
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nations' general assembly. the president has said in his remarks earlier that there's no shortcut to resolving the decades' old conflict between the i race -- between the israelis and the palestinians. that's are live pictures of the president -- these are live pictures of the president. coming up at 7:45, we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom. >>> president obama's upcoming bay area visit will include a town hall meeting on jobs at mountain view-based linked in. monday's gathering is called putting america back to work. people can submit questions about job creation and the economy for the president to answer and the event will be streamed live. the president's visit includes two fund-raising events, there will be a cocktail gathering at woodside and a dinner of the atherton home of facebook's ceo. >>> a petition to save hangar one at moffett field is headed -- headed to the desk of dianne feinstein at stake is almost 32 million to replace the siding on this building. the original siding
nations' general assembly. the president has said in his remarks earlier that there's no shortcut to resolving the decades' old conflict between the i race -- between the israelis and the palestinians. that's are live pictures of the president -- these are live pictures of the president. coming up at 7:45, we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom. >>> president obama's upcoming bay area visit will include a town hall meeting on jobs at mountain view-based linked in....
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president obama was here for the united nations general assembly. at the same time, clinton was presiding over his clinton global initiative. i sat down with him for a wide-ranging interview and i asked him about a controversial remark by one of his former top cam taken advisors. james carville, a man you know well, our cnn contributor, democratic strategist, worked with you for a long time. he says it's time for the president and the white house to panic, to fire people, to indict people. he's just seeing what is happening on special election here in new york city. you think carville is right? >> no. i think that, first, it's never a good thing for the president to panic. i think they need to focus as much as they can on like what we did now when we just announced at the afl-cio and the american federation of teachers and pension fans and allies are doing what the banking system should be doing. they're out there -- they are funding major building retro fits. they're going to put thousands and thousands of people to work. and that's what i think we
president obama was here for the united nations general assembly. at the same time, clinton was presiding over his clinton global initiative. i sat down with him for a wide-ranging interview and i asked him about a controversial remark by one of his former top cam taken advisors. james carville, a man you know well, our cnn contributor, democratic strategist, worked with you for a long time. he says it's time for the president and the white house to panic, to fire people, to indict people. he's...
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membership today, just before addressing the secretary-general assembly. >>> closing arguments are expected today in the case of amanda knox. she is hoping to have the murder conviction for the bedeath of a rum mate overturned. a verdict is expected early next month. >>> scientists continue to track that dead satellite expected to fall to earth some time this afternoon or evening. the latest calculations indicate, though, that it will not be over the u.s., over canada or mexico, during that time. >>> and stay it ain't so. summer is officially behind us. fall begins this morning. and in mexico, they marked the beginning of the autumn equinox. tourists and locals descended on the mayan ruins, where the sun comes straight through the main gate of a 1,500-year-old temple. >> it's fall over there. cold weather, back to coats and scarves. >> areas that have suffered from the flooding so long. ever since irene. again. >> again, a wet day in the northeast to kick off the first weekend of fall. we'll have an eye on that, too, throughout the morning. ing america," the story is "good that sparking out
membership today, just before addressing the secretary-general assembly. >>> closing arguments are expected today in the case of amanda knox. she is hoping to have the murder conviction for the bedeath of a rum mate overturned. a verdict is expected early next month. >>> scientists continue to track that dead satellite expected to fall to earth some time this afternoon or evening. the latest calculations indicate, though, that it will not be over the u.s., over canada or...
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he might come back in a few weeks to the united nations general assembly, much stronger with a lot more international support to seek enhanced status for palestinians at united nations. palestinian officials say they want to negotiate with prime minister netanyahu state to state, not as one state occupying a people. randi? >> so it sounds like there seems to be pretty broad support for palestinian statehood at the unga. >> reporter: i think so. certainly the europeans have been talking in this block of 27 nations. it's very important. you heard president sarkozy earlier today talking about how a u.n. general assembly resolution could be a good idea, really talking about what could be important for a palestinian state. we understand a lot of nations would support president abbas. what we're hearing is fwhabasic would jump start -- this looks as a way far. he averts a showdown but it creates a political space to look forward to say everyone knows we're not going to get a state here at united nations. how are we going to get there. certainly the u.s. is sitting at the table. this is what t
he might come back in a few weeks to the united nations general assembly, much stronger with a lot more international support to seek enhanced status for palestinians at united nations. palestinian officials say they want to negotiate with prime minister netanyahu state to state, not as one state occupying a people. randi? >> so it sounds like there seems to be pretty broad support for palestinian statehood at the unga. >> reporter: i think so. certainly the europeans have been...
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also the first woman to give the opening address at the united nations general assembly meeting. >> she is a cancer survivor, as well. dr. sanjay gupta joins us live from the united nations. this woman is an amazing person. what do you know about her? >> well, the number of obstacles she had to overcome really remarkable. you should remember that name, as you said, brazil's first female president. this woman, who was a revolutionary back in the '70s part of the left wing guerilla move lt. she was captured and told never to be part of government again. she rebounded from that and became a governor of one of the states over there and eventually chief of staff to the president and now the president. she also, in the middle of last few years, developed nonhodgkins lymphoma and got treated. the famous speech where she lifted her wig to say, look, i got treated. i am now in remission from this disease. she's quite a figure in brazil and, you know, a human factor in terms of all the obstacles she's overcome. >> sanjay, what is she expected to say when she addresses the united nations today? >>
also the first woman to give the opening address at the united nations general assembly meeting. >> she is a cancer survivor, as well. dr. sanjay gupta joins us live from the united nations. this woman is an amazing person. what do you know about her? >> well, the number of obstacles she had to overcome really remarkable. you should remember that name, as you said, brazil's first female president. this woman, who was a revolutionary back in the '70s part of the left wing guerilla...
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thank you. >> the president earlier in the day wrapping up his speech at united nations general assembly. let's assess what the president had to say. joining us, our cnn political contribute, paul begala, priorities usa and priorities usa action, also joining us, our newest cnn political contribute, former bush secretary, ari flesher, a member of the pr republican jewish coalition. thanks very much. ari, what did you think of the president. handling of this israeli/palestinian issue at general assembly today? >> it might surprise you, i liked it today. the president did something this year he did not do last year and added a robust pro-israel paragraph, talked about the holocaust, 6 million lives lost, how israel's in a hostile neighborhood where rockets are fired at children. he did not say that last year. what he did say last year, which he omitted this year, was a call for israel to end the settlements and extend the settlement moratorium. a clear difference this year from last year. i suspect election politics have to do with it. i like it. welcome to hear. >> we didn't larry today,
thank you. >> the president earlier in the day wrapping up his speech at united nations general assembly. let's assess what the president had to say. joining us, our cnn political contribute, paul begala, priorities usa and priorities usa action, also joining us, our newest cnn political contribute, former bush secretary, ari flesher, a member of the pr republican jewish coalition. thanks very much. ari, what did you think of the president. handling of this israeli/palestinian issue at...
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lot going on in new york city with united nations general assembly. the president, president obama will be speaking before them this morning. shortly thereafter, he's going to meet with the palestinian president, abuse and that was announced late yesterday. he's going to meet with the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu so what's going to be accomplished here? look, the palestinians want statehood and they're probably going to get the votes from the u.n. will the u.s. have to veto that? what will that look like across the world? >> the word is there's a few countries who are also not into this. i think nigeria is one and the word is france is up in the air. i think there's a few of them out there and the president is saying can we put off this whole vote? and that is the delay of game is also something you're interested in or they can lobby for the so-called vatican status where you become a nation, observer but here's what i'm disappointed in the president's address today. he's not going to address iran and nukes reportedly he's not going to
lot going on in new york city with united nations general assembly. the president, president obama will be speaking before them this morning. shortly thereafter, he's going to meet with the palestinian president, abuse and that was announced late yesterday. he's going to meet with the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu so what's going to be accomplished here? look, the palestinians want statehood and they're probably going to get the votes from the u.n. will the u.s. have to veto...
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general assembly and a. effectively endorsed, got involved in domestic american politics. you wouldn't like that if an american politician went to israel on the eve of elections and got involved in israeli politics? >> no, no, i wouldn't. i don't like this either. but it's -- you know, i have to tell you something, when i get to the point that i can control the knesset members, including my own party, it will be a good day. >> you didn't know he was coming to new york and join rick perry at that news conference? >> no, i didn't know that. >> if you would have known, what would you have told him? >> i would have told him stay out of america's politics. >> that's the tradition. >> it still is. >> didn't look like it. >> we're a vibrant democracy. that means any knesset member, any member of congress, any senator, can say whatever they want. most of them, most of them are more careful, some of them are more adventurous. that doesn't reflect the governments position. certainly doesn't reflect my position. we're
general assembly and a. effectively endorsed, got involved in domestic american politics. you wouldn't like that if an american politician went to israel on the eve of elections and got involved in israeli politics? >> no, no, i wouldn't. i don't like this either. but it's -- you know, i have to tell you something, when i get to the point that i can control the knesset members, including my own party, it will be a good day. >> you didn't know he was coming to new york and join rick...
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it comes ahead of president obama's trip to new york next week to address the united nations general assembly. the palestinians want the u.n. to support their hopes to establish their own state. the u.s. does not back their desires. so-called arab spring in countries like libya and egypt put the white house and the state department in a very awkward position here. catherine herridge live in washington for us. where do things stand right now? >> reporter: well, thank you, jon and good morning. this potential showdown at the u.n. next week has been brewing for months and the stated position of hillary clinton and other members of the administration is that they do support statehood for the pa palestinians but through negotiation not through recognition alternate the united nations. a white house spokesman emphasized the point. >> the palestinians will not and cannot achieve statehood through a declaration at the united nations. it is a distraction and in fact it's counter procee counter productive. that remains our position. we continue to be focused with great intensity on the need to
it comes ahead of president obama's trip to new york next week to address the united nations general assembly. the palestinians want the u.n. to support their hopes to establish their own state. the u.s. does not back their desires. so-called arab spring in countries like libya and egypt put the white house and the state department in a very awkward position here. catherine herridge live in washington for us. where do things stand right now? >> reporter: well, thank you, jon and good...
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host: president obama will give his third address to the united nations general assembly. live coverage on line starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern time on c- span.org. the president is expected to address the middle east peace process. the president spoke yesterday on libya, touting it as a model of what the international community can achieve. that's where we will begin this morning, with your take on the role of the u.n. and world affairs. >> libya is a lesson in what the international community can achieve when we stand together as one. i said at the beginning of this process, we cannot and should not intervene every time there is injustice in the world, yet it is also true that there are problems where the world could have and should have summoned the will to prevent the killing of innocents on a horrific scale. we are forever haunted by the atrocities we did not prevent and the lives we did not save. this time was different. this time we, through the united nations, found the courage and the collective will to act. host: let me begin with the front page of "the washington
host: president obama will give his third address to the united nations general assembly. live coverage on line starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern time on c- span.org. the president is expected to address the middle east peace process. the president spoke yesterday on libya, touting it as a model of what the international community can achieve. that's where we will begin this morning, with your take on the role of the u.n. and world affairs. >> libya is a lesson in what the international...
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there is certainly a lot of negotiations going on and the united nations general assembly and the security council will be talking about this over the next several days and weeks, but he can clearly claim a victory. what is going on right now is that the mideast quartet, the u.s., eu, russia and the united nations issued a framework, if you will for the eterms of negotiations of the israeli and the palestinians to get the palestinian president to backoff and start to negotiate with the israelis and the palestinians. >> what does this mean? >> well, it calls for clear time lines for the parties to get back to the table, and says that neither side could take provocative actions, and they don't say what that means really, but in essence it is tacit indication to israel not to build settlements, and settlement freeze while the negotiations are going on, and for the palestinians, they are urged to not take any moves into the international criminal court against israel should they go down the u.n. route and have a new legitimacy at the u.n. to do so. but in essence, brooke, it doesn't mean anyth
there is certainly a lot of negotiations going on and the united nations general assembly and the security council will be talking about this over the next several days and weeks, but he can clearly claim a victory. what is going on right now is that the mideast quartet, the u.s., eu, russia and the united nations issued a framework, if you will for the eterms of negotiations of the israeli and the palestinians to get the palestinian president to backoff and start to negotiate with the israelis...
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general assembly next week. staying in libya, anti-gadhafi fighters made their way into the town of sirte. intense firefighters broke out in the streets and it is unclear how many casualties. their are. transitional council delegation is demanding niger turn over one of gadhafi's sons who recently fled there. >>> a day after his arrest in connection with about $2 billion worth of unauthorized deals at swiss banking giant ubs, this man in a photo taken from his facebook page. he is expected to appear in court today to answer the charges of fraud and false accounting. so far ubs is not commenting on that arrest. >>> some senate democrats aren't exactly welcome president obama's jobs and debt cutting plan with open arms. the white house gave them a close-up look at the plan thursday. while some members voiced their total support, others said that due to the side of the bill they'd like to see more specifics. the plan is set to go before the 12 members of congress's bipartisan super committee on monday. >>> just ahe
general assembly next week. staying in libya, anti-gadhafi fighters made their way into the town of sirte. intense firefighters broke out in the streets and it is unclear how many casualties. their are. transitional council delegation is demanding niger turn over one of gadhafi's sons who recently fled there. >>> a day after his arrest in connection with about $2 billion worth of unauthorized deals at swiss banking giant ubs, this man in a photo taken from his facebook page. he is...
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he spoke before the united nations general assembly. >> mr. president, allow me at the outset to congratulate you and our brothers, the people of the tarmac on the occasion of the 66th session of the general assembly. our presentation will be of assistance to you in performing your duties. we are confident that your experience and vision will be an important factor in the success of the general assembly. our thanks also goes to your predecessors, for his presidency of the general assembly and his outgoing session. i would also like to congratulate on his reelection for a second term as secretary-general and wish him all success in his work. mr. president, it is an honor to stand in front of you one more time to brief you on, as it works, build a modern state that lives in peace with its people and neighbors. iraq is building a homeland where everyone is at peace and stability, regardless of sectarian, ethnic, a system where the rule of law prevails. and lives are respected and the system that is based on democracy and peaceful transition of po
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. >>> we'll tell some of those stories but not all of them. 41 past the hour the united nations general assembly is meeting this week in new york and with us now are two presidents attending the meetings. former colombian president arube vice chair of the u.n.'s gaza flotilla investigation commission. and the georgian president, friend of my parents, telling stories about my father. >> he's crazy, your father. >> totally. ten times more than her even. i was telling her, like two years ago we were in croatia know he was jumping from the top of the theater and in my bravest dreams i would never consider getting there. >> he's 80 something. >> he likes to swim. >> it's amazing. >> itas maizing. >> also joining the table nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports" andrea mitchell. >> thank you. >> we still have eugene robinson and mike murphy in washington with us. so that's great. >> so what do you expect to happen this week? is there going to be a lot of talk? you've obviously been conducting an investigation. you expect that to go under a lot of attentio
. >>> we'll tell some of those stories but not all of them. 41 past the hour the united nations general assembly is meeting this week in new york and with us now are two presidents attending the meetings. former colombian president arube vice chair of the u.n.'s gaza flotilla investigation commission. and the georgian president, friend of my parents, telling stories about my father. >> he's crazy, your father. >> totally. ten times more than her even. i was telling her,...
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this is part of growing tensions going on leading to the united nations general assembly in about three weeks from now where we are expecting the palestinians to declare unilaterally their quest for statehood. tell us what has happened. >> the relations have been deteriorating between the two once close middle eastern allies for about two years now, but just moments ago the turkish foreign minister fired a diplomatic broadside at israel saying basically, that israel's diplomats here in turkey, everybody above the level of second secretary, that means ambassador, console general, they have until wednesday to pack their bags and leave. they're also formally suspending any military agreements between these two countries and turkey's announcing it does not recognize the gaza blockade that israel has imposed for years now. it's pretty dramatic. anybody who hoped these allies would start to repair their relations, that's not happening right now. turkey is standing firm, demanding an apology from israel for the shooting deaths of eight turks and a turkish american passenger on board that blood
this is part of growing tensions going on leading to the united nations general assembly in about three weeks from now where we are expecting the palestinians to declare unilaterally their quest for statehood. tell us what has happened. >> the relations have been deteriorating between the two once close middle eastern allies for about two years now, but just moments ago the turkish foreign minister fired a diplomatic broadside at israel saying basically, that israel's diplomats here in...
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general assembly. pretty sympathetic to his cause. you heard suzanne talking about the applause he got in that hall. but granting full member slp to palestine as a sovereign independent state will take approval by the u.n. security council. the united states is not going to let that happen. it was just this week president obama reminded the world body that the u.s. supports palestinian statehood -- but, only through direct talks with israel. abbas said israel though is the problem. >> translator: that the israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based on international law and u.n. resolutions and emphatically continues to intensify building settlements on the territory of the the state of -- of the future of state of palestine. >> like i mentioned just a short time from now delegates will hear from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he'll have some of the same points to hit as the president, president obama has hit. he may hit them own more strongly. will you see that live here a
general assembly. pretty sympathetic to his cause. you heard suzanne talking about the applause he got in that hall. but granting full member slp to palestine as a sovereign independent state will take approval by the u.n. security council. the united states is not going to let that happen. it was just this week president obama reminded the world body that the u.s. supports palestinian statehood -- but, only through direct talks with israel. abbas said israel though is the problem. >>...
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states in the united nations. yesterday the french president made clear that -- that they didn't see why the palestinian status shouldn't be upgraded in a vote in the general assembly. so my best guess at this point is that the discussion in the security council will be slowed down through procedural mechanisms, but the palestinians will push for a vote in the general assembly. and they will win that vote by a large margin. their status will be increased. and the israelis having lost their relationship with turkey and egypt, which they've had, will now be further isolated in the world. >> and has president obama -- he was as clear as could be about, quote, standing with israel yesterday in both of the -- the one on one meeting with netanyahu but also in his speech to the united nations. but that brings up the question, is the united states -- can president obama be the neutral -- the neutral party that helps the negotiations move forward between the israelis and the palestinians or does somehow the united states n
states in the united nations. yesterday the french president made clear that -- that they didn't see why the palestinian status shouldn't be upgraded in a vote in the general assembly. so my best guess at this point is that the discussion in the security council will be slowed down through procedural mechanisms, but the palestinians will push for a vote in the general assembly. and they will win that vote by a large margin. their status will be increased. and the israelis having lost their...
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for an already tense session at the united nations, the general assembly is trying to deal with the palestinian authority's intention of putting in a request for u.n. membership. that would essentially force the world to recognize palestinian statehood without any direct negotiations between the palestinian authority and israel and it's a very dangerous slope as far as president obama is concerned. he spent his time at the podium urging the palestinian authority not to do that. but at this point, there's no indication that they are not going to go forward. the u.s., of course, has that option of vetoing the request outright. it would put an end to it. there's concern that the u.s. does that, there could be a backlash of violence in the middle east so a very precarious situation today. and mahmoud ahmadinejad's arrival here at the u.n. to speak is not putting anyone at ease. that's the latest from here at the u.n. let's take it back to you guys. >> all right, thank you very much for the live report from the east side of manhattan. >> now to the other headlines for a thursday. two u.s. hikers wak
for an already tense session at the united nations, the general assembly is trying to deal with the palestinian authority's intention of putting in a request for u.n. membership. that would essentially force the world to recognize palestinian statehood without any direct negotiations between the palestinian authority and israel and it's a very dangerous slope as far as president obama is concerned. he spent his time at the podium urging the palestinian authority not to do that. but at this...
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they close off the streets, first avenue closed off outside the united nations. more than a hundred world leaders are going to be here. and the president of the united states expected to land fairly soon. he will be here tonight, tomorrow. wednesday he will address the general assembly. this is a big deal every time this year. you know what else is happening the same week? clinton global initiative. president bill clinton's annual conference. i will interview him tomorrow in new york. we will have that interview tomorrow. you know what, a lot of world leaders are here. i would like it hang out with world leaders, as you know, brooke, it is a good time to come to new york despite the gridlock. >> wolf and world leaders, getting the exercise. who do you have coming up on the state room today? >> we have someone who wants to be a world leader. she want to be the commander-in-chief. michele bachmann is joining us. she is not here in new york. she is in waterloo, iowa. that's where she was born. we are speaking to michele bachmann. we will talk about the whole controv
they close off the streets, first avenue closed off outside the united nations. more than a hundred world leaders are going to be here. and the president of the united states expected to land fairly soon. he will be here tonight, tomorrow. wednesday he will address the general assembly. this is a big deal every time this year. you know what else is happening the same week? clinton global initiative. president bill clinton's annual conference. i will interview him tomorrow in new york. we will...
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let's bring in john bolton, former ambassador to the united nations and fox news contributor. give us the big picture here, mr. ambassador. you know a lot about how the iranians think when the u.n. general assembly is convening and mahmoud ahmadinejad is set to address this body, all of the sudden the two bodies are freed. why? >> what a coincidence, an amazing coincidence. obviously this is something that ahmadinejad has had in mind, he hinted in it in interviews over the past two weeks and it's intended to give him a propaganda boost to show his good will and humanitarian nature as he addresses the u.n. *pb and doesis his best for the iranian charm offensive during his stay in new york. look, these two people should have been released within a few days after they were picked up, 2 1/2 years ago, along the iran-iraq border, they didn't do anything wrong, they got lost, they were used for political purposes, it was very callous, very political, so while we should be certainly happy they've been released, this is nothing but propaganda on the part of the iranian government. >>
let's bring in john bolton, former ambassador to the united nations and fox news contributor. give us the big picture here, mr. ambassador. you know a lot about how the iranians think when the u.n. general assembly is convening and mahmoud ahmadinejad is set to address this body, all of the sudden the two bodies are freed. why? >> what a coincidence, an amazing coincidence. obviously this is something that ahmadinejad has had in mind, he hinted in it in interviews over the past two weeks...
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>> well, i think he is likely to get support from the world in the general assembly, and that's really the issue, is that for most members of the united nations around the world, this is an easy vote, you vote on behalf of the palestinians, you vote for them to be recognized as a full member, as a state. the problem is to become a real member of the united nations, you have to be a state, and to achieve that, you have to get the security council to bless it. the united states has said it will veto it -- >> why? >> the reason the united states is going to veto it is because we have taken the view, the united states, that a full fledged state of palestine should come about through negotiations with the israelis. and just as we ask the israelis not to take steps to prejudge the outcome of negotiations, we're asking the -- the obama administration is asking the palestinians not to prejudge the outcome by taking these unilateral steps. the idea here is this is a tough problem, and the palestinians and the israelis have to solve it together, and one side just acting is not going to solve the
>> well, i think he is likely to get support from the world in the general assembly, and that's really the issue, is that for most members of the united nations around the world, this is an easy vote, you vote on behalf of the palestinians, you vote for them to be recognized as a full member, as a state. the problem is to become a real member of the united nations, you have to be a state, and to achieve that, you have to get the security council to bless it. the united states has said it...